02692nam 2200625Ia 450 991045881560332120200520144314.01-282-70281-597866127028150-19-975320-2(CKB)2670000000032984(EBL)555327(OCoLC)651602024(SSID)ssj0000425692(PQKBManifestationID)11264023(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425692(PQKBWorkID)10370997(PQKB)10933369(MiAaPQ)EBC555327(Au-PeEL)EBL555327(CaPaEBR)ebr10402682(CaONFJC)MIL270281(EXLCZ)99267000000003298420091119d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe polluters[electronic resource] the making of our chemically altered environment /Benjamin Ross, Steven AmterNew York Oxford University Press20101 online resource (234 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-993096-1 0-19-973995-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; CHAPTER 1 The Sorcerer's Apprentices; PART I: Summoning the Spirits; PART II: Fetching a Flood; PART III: Holding Back the Deluge; Key to Archival Citations; List of Abbreviations; Notes; IndexBenjamin Ross and Steven Amter here tell the story of how the chemical industry, abetted by a compliant government, set loose a plague of pollution that began in the years before and directly following World War II, a plague that still lingers today. The advent of new synthetic chemical products such as Nylon and DDT created new hazards just as the expansion and mechanization of industry exacerbated old ones. Environmental dangers well known today--smog, pesticides, lead, chlorinated solvents, asbestos, and even global warming--were already recognized in that era by chemists, engineers, doctorChemical industryEnvironmental aspectsUnited StatesPollutionEnvironmental aspectsUnited StatesPollutantsElectronic books.Chemical industryEnvironmental aspectsPollutionEnvironmental aspectsPollutants.363.7380973Ross Benjamin876699Amter Steven880200MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458815603321The polluters1965319UNINA